Autodesk: Technology to Build India’s Infrastructure

Guest blog post by Paul McRoberts, Vice
President of Autodesk[5]’s Infrastructure Business

Ed note: Autodesk, Inc., works in 3D design, engineering and entertainment software.
Customers across the manufacturing, architecture, building, construction, and
media and entertainment industries-including the last 17 Academy Award winners for Best
Visual Effects-use Autodesk software to design, visualize and simulate their ideas. Since its
introduction of AutoCAD software in 1982, Autodesk continues to develop the
broadest portfolio of state-of-the-art software for global markets.

Autodesk is honored to be a representative on this trade mission to
India. On behalf of Autodesk, I thank the U.S. Commerce Department and
Secretary Bryson for organizing the trip and inviting Autodesk.

This trade mission is focused on infrastructure
business development. With 1.2 billion people, India is the second most
populous country in the world. India’s population is expected to overtake
China’s in the next 10 to 15 years. The country needs
to add 25 million homes a year to meet current demand, according to McKinsey
and Co. There is also a pressing need for clean water, reliable power,
transportation, sustainability standards and more.

In short, infrastructure is a key criterion
for India to realize its economic growth potential. The Indian government’s
12th Five Year Plan states that the infrastructure sector will require an investment
of about USD 1 trillion. Autodesk software is already being used to design many
of the nation’s ambitious infrastructure projects, including:

The Mumbai
Monorail, the nation’s first monorail. Once completed, it will be the world’s second-longest Monorail corridor. This sustainable transportation system will
alleviate congestion in India’s most populous city.

Navi Mumbai
International Airport, which is expected to have Phase 1 operational by 2014. There
is great demand for this additional international airport to service the
Mumbai metropolitan region. It is expected to handle 50-55 million passengers
annually.

Autodesk
has offices in New Delhi, Bangalore, Mumbai, Pune and Chennai. We also have
over 100 Indian resellers. Together, we work closely with Indian customers
across many industries, including architecture, engineering, construction, manufacturing and media and entertainment.

Going into the trade mission, Autodesk is
looking forward to productive meetings with government agencies and private
companies. We strive to be a trusted technology advisor for more infrastructure
projects in India.

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